Abstract: Depicts various scenes from the German occupation of Memel; the Polish campaign; the Russo-Finnish war; the German air and
rocket offensive against Great Britain; naval warfare in the Atlantic; and the European Theater during 1944-1945, including
scenes of the Allied forces in combat, effects of the war on lives and property in Britain, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and
Germany, and the liberation of German concentration camps and of Allied and German prisoners of war. Includes photographs
of various Allied and German military and political leaders.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages:
English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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listed in this finding aid.

Scope and Content of Collection

Depicts various scenes from the German occupation of Memel; the Polish campaign; the Russo-Finnish war; the German air and
rocket offensive against Great Britain; naval warfare in the Atlantic; and the European Theater during 1944-1945, including
scenes of the Allied forces in combat, effects of the war on lives and property in Britain, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and
Germany, and the liberation of German concentration camps and of Allied and German prisoners of war. Includes photographs
of various Allied and German military and political leaders.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

65 prints of Great Britain, 1940-1945 showing the effects of German aerial bombardment, 1940-1941, and of German rocket weapons,
1944. 12 prints depicting naval warfare in the North Atlantic, and the English Channel, 1939-1941.

Envelope: C

20 prints of Great Britain, 1940-1945, depicting the effect of German bombardment on the civil population, and property. 71
prints of German prisoners of war captured by Allied forces in France and Germany, 1944-1945. Also various shots of liberated
Allied prisoners of war.

Envelope: D

10 various prints depicting the German occupation of Memel, the Russo-Finnish war, and the German campaign against Poland,
1939; 7 various prints depicting the U.S. Army in Italy, 1944-1945, 35 various prints of U.S. forces in the Pacific, and 40
miscellaneous prints of U.S. Army officers, and enlisted men and women.

Envelope: E

80 prints depicting the liberation of German concentration camps by U.S. troops, and the subsequent documentation of atrocities
committed by German forces. Also includes four prints of malmedy massacre site.
undated

Envelope: F-HH

3412 prints from the U.S. Army Signal Corps depicting the various activities of U.S. Forces in the European theatre, including
combat operations, logistical undertakings, and the occupation of German held territory.
1944-1945